Politics The former front-runner is still the best candidate for Black Americans. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. This is an installment of Veepstakes, Slate’s series on who Joe Biden should pick as his running mate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign vision for America covered all the bases. Where most of the Democratic presidential…

A group of 11 conservative lawmakers in Texas want Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, to help scale back a state law that gives him the authority to close businesses and require masks in public.Under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, the governor is given broad powers during an emergency. As a result, many of the statewide orders and…

An Italian woman driving a Ford Focus down a coastal highway received a ticket for going hundreds of miles an hour over the limit after a speed camera malfunctioned and police failed to pick up on the error, according to a local report.The camera recorded her speed at 703 kmph, or almost 437 mph, according…

Ukrainian tennis star Dayana Yastremska is on the defensive.The 20-year-old issued a response Thursday night after being slammed for posting images of her in what many considered blackface.Yastremska, though, clearly did not think so.“Earlier today I posted pictures that I thought would spread a message of equality,” she posted to her various social media accounts after deleting…

I'm hearing a lot of talk about the coronavirus spreading through aerosols — is wearing a mask in a grocery store enough protection? What else should I do to stay safe? Quick answer first: Going to the grocery store where you and everyone else is wearing a mask and keeping a distance from each other…